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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Virginia motorists can now give the Department of Motor Vehicles the names of two people to contact in case of an emergency.
The DMV’s Emergency Contact Program was authorized by the General Assembly last year. It gives police a way to notify a person’s family or friends in case of a serious crash or other incident that leaves the person unable to ...

HAVANA (AP) — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe began a trade mission to Cuba on Monday, expressing optimism about imminent changes in the U.S. relationship with the island but seeming less certain his trip would quickly generate new business for his state.
McAuliffe is a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, a close ally of Bill and Hillary Clinton and a longtime advocate of trade with ...

By Mark Bowes, Richmond Times-Dispatch
RICHMOND — Virginia firearm sales spiked in December after the California shootings that killed 14 people, boosting an overall 9.5 percent rise in state gun transactions last year that experts believe is tied to political demands for more gun control.
“There was almost a perfect storm of events going on that made this past December an almost near-record gun sale period,” said ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – A Virginia official says a Mechanicsville man died after being shot by a fellow hunter.
Robert Lee Walker Jr. of the state Department of Game and Inland Fisheries says 60-year-old Keith Joseph Williams was struck by buckshot from a 12-gauge shotgun Saturday in Richmond County.
Forty-five-year-old Waverly Alphonso Veney Jr. of Washington is charged with involuntary manslaughter, hunting without the proper licenses, violation ...

The Virginia Historical Society’s Story of Virginia Capital Campaign has reached and surpassed its goal of $38 million.
The campaign provided significant funds to transform the state headquarters building into a vibrant, bustling museum with beautiful new exhibition galleries and to create a multi-purpose learning center with classrooms, a resource room for teachers, display space, and a studio with the streaming capacity to deliver programs to ...

Peasley Middle School students have been returned safely to the school, after officials evacuated the school this morning because of a threat written on a bathroom wall. A search of the school is complete and nothing suspicious or dangerous has been found.
According to the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office, graffiti was found on a wall this morning. It is unknown how long it had been there. ...